This Week on Broadway for February 5, 2012: Super Smash Sunday

NBC’s “Smash” Brings Broadway Magic To Primetime TV
The highly anticipated show-biz television series “Smash,” about the production of a Broadway show about Marilyn Monroe, kicks off on Monday, and NY1’s Frank DiLella has a preview.
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Megan Hilty Will Be Lorelei Lee in Encores! Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Andrew Gans
Megan Hilty, the Wicked and 9 to 5 star who will be seen in NBC’s new musical series “Smash,” will star in the City Center Encores! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
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Host of Sondheim Titles, Including The Birthday Concert and Into the Woods, Streaming On Netflix by Adam Hetrick
Sondheim: The Birthday Concert, Into the Woods, Company and “Evening Primrose” are now available for instant streaming on Netflix.
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Arts & Leisure: ‘Carrie,’ a Huge Stage Flop, Is Reinvented by MCC Theater by Patrick Healy
One of Broadway’s greatest flops, “Carrie” is being dressed up, and toned down, for another onstage dance.
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Original Merrily We Roll Along Star Lonny Price on Capturing ‘Mind-Blowing’ Memories in New Documentary Our Time by Kathy Henderson
The 1981 Broadway premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along lasted a total of 68 performances (52 of them previews!), but it’s a production that lives on in memory and lore. As Encores! g…
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Broadway Streetcar, Starring Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker, to Open April 22 by Dan Bacalzo
The Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, which as previously reported will play the Broadhurst Theatre, has announced production dates. The show will play a limited engagement …
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The wrath of Rudin by Michael Riedel
In his heyday, David Merrick was the most powerful producer on Broadway. He had taste. He was prolific. He knocked out hits — “Look Back in Anger,” “Hello, Dolly!” “42nd Street.” And he could put …
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Jordan Roth Will Bring Clybourne Park To Broadway by Andrew Gans
Despite the loss of lead producer Scott Rudin, who abandoned his plan to produce Bruce Norris’ play Clybourne Park on Broadway this spring, the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama will make its Broadway debut afte…
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5 Reasons Why a Jekyll & Hyde Revival Is a Good Idea (No, Seriously) by Lucky
We don’t want to go crazy with this or anything, given that 90% of “announced” projects never happen, but news broke over the weekend that a revival of Jekyll & Hyde could be in the works…
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Willow Smith: Whip My Hair

Ben Gazzara, Actor of Stage and Screen, Dies at 81 by Neil Genzlinger
Mr. Gazzara’s long acting career included playing Brick in the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway and roles in influential films by John Cassavetes.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Original Cast Clip